1 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:11,000 Heads up guys! Here it comes!. 2 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:16,393 Aaah! Very good, class...but let's see a little more spirit! 3 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:19,677 Move those bodies! Get your BACK into it, Arnold! 4 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:23,594 Good - Now, bend your KNEES, Wanda. That's it! 5 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:26,592 I got it! I got it! 6 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:31,116 More WRlST, Carlos! It's all in the WRlST! 7 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:38,916 Poor, Ralphie. He doesn't look very happy cleaning the bus all by himself. 8 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:43,713 It's his turn, Phoebe. Besides, we're ALWAYS doing things for Ralphie - 9 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:46,268 Iike how many times have I clapped the erasers for him?. 10 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:47,952 Or cleaned the hamster cage?. 11 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:48,916 You know! 12 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:52,231 Just yesterday he asked me to change the water in the goldfish bowl for him 13 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:54,197 ¡®cause he was late for soccer practice. 14 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:01,439 I tell"ya, Liz, all this ELBOW grease is wearin' me out. 15 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:03,238 ... I gotta take a break. 16 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:09,352 If only I had a robot that could do my work for me. 17 00:02:09,640 --> 00:02:12,598 Think about it, Liz, we'd never have to clean the bus again. 18 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:17,114 Hey, a guy can dream, can't he?. 19 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:20,476 The truth is: What is the highway of life all about 20 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:22,596 If not to enjoy the detours?. 21 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:27,832 Like practicing my hook shot... 22 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:31,191 OR PERFECTlNG MY CURVEBALL... 23 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:35,156 Or working on my slapshot. 24 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:44,393 That's it, Liz!!! I could make a robot! 25 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:47,353 HEY, GUYS! I HAVE A BRlLLlANT lDEA! 26 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:52,193 What would you say if I built a ROBOT to do all our chores?. 27 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:53,190 A robot! 28 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:54,076 Cool! 29 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:55,195 Oh no. 30 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:58,272 I'd say that was the silliest idea you've ever had! 31 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:01,636 Silly is as silly does or doesn't. 32 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:05,076 Oh, excuse me, Ralphie. I need to get out of the sun. 33 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:09,870 You can't be serious, Ralphie. You can't build a robot! 34 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:11,837 Oh yeah?.! Wanna bet?.! 35 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:14,918 Sure! But if you can't come up with a robot - 36 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:17,918 no baseball, no basketball and no soccer... 37 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:22,039 AND, you have to do ALL the chores! Still wanna bet?. 38 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:25,237 Well, I can do it if everybody helps. 39 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:26,799 I mean, once the robot's built 40 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:28,552 NONE of us have to do chores again! 41 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:30,636 Maybe we CAN do it. 42 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:32,756 We won't know unless we try. 43 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:35,832 Way to go, Wanda. Keesha... You got a bet! 44 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:41,112 Hold on there Bus! 45 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:49,671 What happened to the bus???.! 46 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:52,957 Hmmm... Looks like the mesmerglobber blew a gasket! 47 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:56,676 Onto the bus, class! This is an emergency! 48 00:03:57,160 --> 00:03:59,435 Ms Frizzle, wait! 49 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:02,956 Sorry, we have a busy, busy day ahead! No time for waiting! 50 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:06,919 Only time for taking chances - making mistakes - getting messy! 51 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:09,478 Hop in, Ralphie! 52 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:13,275 Wonder if this could be another...nah, 53 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:14,190 it couldn't be. 54 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:19,469 It lS a field trip. 55 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:27,949 Excuse me, Ms. Frizzle!!! But there's something important I have to do. 56 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:30,196 Well, you're on the right bus, Ralphie - 57 00:04:30,280 --> 00:04:34,159 because where we're going - there's something for EVERYONE to do! 58 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:37,754 We're here! 59 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:51,516 Presenting, "The One-of-a-kind, 60 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:55,639 Satisfaction-Guaranteed, Service-with-a-scowl Body Shop'!!! 61 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:57,792 YlKES!!! 62 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:04,751 Whoa, look at all that stuff! Just what I need to make a robot! 63 00:05:04,840 --> 00:05:06,558 How do we get across, Ms Frizzle?. 64 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:09,278 Across???.! 65 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:17,993 It's gonna get us! 66 00:05:20,840 --> 00:05:22,990 Aha! It GOT us!!! 67 00:05:40,840 --> 00:05:43,798 Wow!! This is incredible! 68 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:48,199 COOL!! 69 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:02,232 LOOK OUT BELOW! 70 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:06,553 Long time no see, Valerie. 71 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:08,517 They must know each other! 72 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:11,717 Class, meet Radius Ulna Humerus:. 73 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:14,394 magical mechanic at large. 74 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:17,358 Humerus, as in upper arm bone?. 75 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:20,876 Or R. U. Humerus, as in in really funny?. 76 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:22,999 I love it! 77 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:24,308 CAR-LOS! 78 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:29,156 R.U. is the genius who taught me everything l know about busonautics. 79 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:30,832 You musta forgotten it all... 80 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:33,480 ...or else this bus has acquired a split personality. 81 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:36,358 Or else it's the mesmerglobber behind the shrinkerscope - 82 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:38,396 which I believe is still under warranty. 83 00:06:38,840 --> 00:06:40,751 I'll check it, Val, 84 00:06:40,840 --> 00:06:43,400 but you caught me at a bad time. I'm expecting another customer. 85 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:45,596 More important than moi?. 86 00:06:45,840 --> 00:06:48,991 No one's more important than you, my little toggle bolt. 87 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:52,439 My little toggle bolt?????. 88 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:53,948 Let's get crackin'!! 89 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:04,235 Now that the coast is clear, let's start building that robot! 90 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:09,115 I still say it'll never work. 91 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:11,191 We don't even know where to start. 92 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:15,432 It's simple! All we have to do is build a robot that looks like me. 93 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:16,714 Like this?. 94 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:20,589 I'm serious! How hard can it be?. 95 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:24,952 Just attach a doohickey like this to something like this! 96 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:27,871 Hmmm, be right back. 97 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:31,790 Watch your fIank, my little sprocket! 98 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:33,518 Careful, my feisty fIywheel. 99 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:34,919 IG-Nl-TlONNNN...! 100 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:47,348 Hmm, the Bus has never done that before. 101 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:49,795 It's definitely not the mesmerglobber! 102 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:51,916 Oh well, maybe it's the plangdabber. 103 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:53,433 Excuse me, Ms Frizzle. 104 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:56,990 Let's say you wanted to uh...to build something. 105 00:07:57,080 --> 00:07:58,832 You mean, build character?. 106 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:03,869 Build a new and better tomorrow?. Or build a robot that would do all your chores. 107 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,798 Um...probably closest to that last one... 108 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:08,598 You CAN'T build a robot... 109 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:11,433 ...UNLESS you know how your own body works. 110 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:13,476 You know how it works?. Huh?. 111 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:16,154 Well...not exactly. 112 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:18,993 Your body needs support to hold it up! 113 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:21,275 It's got to have structure! 114 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:22,713 And to find out about that... 115 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:27,794 ...you need my special Megariffic lntrascopic KlNETO-EXAMlNOMETOSCOPE! 116 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:29,633 "MlKE' for short! 117 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:31,392 Which l, of course, keep hidden away 118 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:34,392 where no nosey kid can find it!! 119 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:37,119 Pretty clever, my shining shock absorber. 120 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:38,673 I think so! 121 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:42,910 Hear that, Ralphie?. Structure's the thing. 122 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:44,228 Gotcha, Ms Frizzle! 123 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:50,436 Okay, so to find out how my body works I need to know about structure 124 00:08:50,560 --> 00:08:52,357 - but what's MlKE got to do with it?.! 125 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:54,950 Wonder what THlS button does?. 126 00:08:55,680 --> 00:08:59,309 Wow! Check out all those bones! 127 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:05,109 I've got it! My bones must be the STRUCTURE Ms Frizzle was talking about! 128 00:09:05,640 --> 00:09:10,395 Cool! I mean... it's chilly in here. 129 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:15,437 Looks to me like your bones support all the other parts of your body. 130 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:19,513 And some of them are like neat little cages protecting your squishy parts 131 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:22,831 Iike your heart and your lungs!...See?. 132 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:25,957 That's it! My robot needs structure! 133 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:29,112 All we need to do is find some stiff parts like bones and 134 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:30,792 Ralphiebot is born! 135 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:52,155 Don't forget our bet, Ralphie. 136 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:56,791 Forget it?. I'm about to win it! Step back, everyone! 137 00:09:56,880 --> 00:10:00,759 I command you, Ralphiebot - MAKE ME A SANDWlCH! 138 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:10,312 Let's see, there's bus detail, eraser patrol, chair management... 139 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:12,391 QUlET! I need to concentrate! 140 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:17,600 ...Listen to me, Ralphiebot... MAKE ME A SANDWlCH! NOW...!!! 141 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:37,554 Can you make me a sandwhich, please?. 142 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:41,235 Please?. How about half a sandwich?. 143 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:43,914 He doesn't move or bend. 144 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,195 He doesn't do anything! 145 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:48,757 Just like Ralphie... 146 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:50,319 Hey, where's Arnold?. 147 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:53,111 Over here, you guys! 148 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:55,078 Wow! Look at that! 149 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:58,311 Arnold's tying his shoe. What's the big deal?. 150 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:02,473 Check it out!...Arnold's elbow lets his arm bend in the middle?. 151 00:11:02,560 --> 00:11:05,438 That's the difference between us and Ralphiebot! 152 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:11,271 I see now! It's not the bones themselves that let someone move... 153 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:13,430 ... it's the way they're joined together. 154 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:18,356 Of course! It's the JOlNTS that let the BONES move! Don't go away... 155 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:23,230 Hurry back, Ralphie. Radius' other customer will be here any minute. 156 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:25,038 Can I come out now?. 157 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:28,917 Find the problem yet, R. U.?. 158 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:33,312 One thing's for sure, your levitation linkage is leaking! 159 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:36,638 Sorry, my little-- 160 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:45,431 S'cuse me, Ms Frizzle... but let's say you need to make some connections, 161 00:11:45,560 --> 00:11:46,834 but you don't know how?. 162 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:49,639 You mean connections as in meeting the right people?. 163 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:51,915 Connections as in a cable-TV hookup?. 164 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:55,879 Or connections as in joints to let your bones move?. 165 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:58,394 Um, probably closer to the last one. 166 00:11:58,680 --> 00:12:02,150 Everything HlNGES on making the right connections, my boy. 167 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:07,351 Time to BUCKLE down before my next appointment gets here!...Catch my BENT?. 168 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:13,159 This door hinge is perfect! 169 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:15,549 It goes back and forth - but not sideways, 170 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:18,755 just like Ralphie's elbow joint! 171 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:23,829 This shower head has a joint that can move in ALL directions! 172 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:25,751 Just like Ralphie's shoulder! 173 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:30,239 And this thing's got a whole SERlES of joints. 174 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:33,232 Perfect for a backbone that BENDS and TWlSTS. 175 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:36,790 Now Ralphiebot can move and do all the things l do! 176 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:40,998 At my old school, we weren't allowed to make a robot that could move! 177 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:45,389 Well, Keesh?. 178 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:49,109 Ready to admit that this is the greatest idea in the history of kidkind?. 179 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:51,555 We'll see, Ralphie...we'll see. 180 00:12:51,680 --> 00:12:53,750 Ralphie, it's amazing! 181 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:56,991 Yep. Kinda reminds me of me. 182 00:12:57,280 --> 00:12:59,794 I command you, Ralphiebot, 183 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:04,396 bow to your Ruler and Master:. Ralphie the Magnificent! 184 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:08,953 It's not bowing. 185 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:10,917 Do you blame it?. I wouldn't either. 186 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:13,351 C'mon you guys! 187 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:18,231 I don't get it! It's got BONES for STRUCTURE! 188 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:20,231 It's got JOlNTS for FLEXlBlLlTY! 189 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:22,197 Why won't it MOVE???.! 190 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:29,480 Aha! You lose, Ralphie! 191 00:13:29,560 --> 00:13:33,030 No way! If I can move - it can move! 192 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:39,590 C'mon, guys! We gotta find out how to make that robot move!! 193 00:13:39,680 --> 00:13:42,274 This red and blue button must do something! 194 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:46,517 What'dya see, what'dya see???.! 195 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:49,990 I see your muscles pulling your bones up and down and back and forth. 196 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:53,989 Hey! Do that again... That's it! The missing link! 197 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:57,117 It's your MUSCLES that pull your bones to make them move! 198 00:13:57,200 --> 00:14:01,239 Exactly! The reason the robot didn't move a muscle was... 199 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:02,992 Because he didn't have any! 200 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:08,076 Well...didn't everybody know that?. 201 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:12,673 But where are we going to find some muscles?. LlZ...!!! 202 00:14:13,680 --> 00:14:14,954 I've got it! 203 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:27,073 Look at this! These things work just like muscles! One pulls this way... 204 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:29,077 And one pulls the other way. 205 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:32,118 That makes sense, because according to my research - 206 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:35,476 muscles can only pull on things - not push them. 207 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:38,518 "Seems to me, if we all pull together, 208 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:40,591 we can make Ralphiebot move! 209 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:42,598 Let's do it! 210 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:48,558 He's even more than I'd imagined he'd be! 211 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:52,910 I think it's really going to work! 212 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:55,036 An amazing combination: 213 00:14:55,760 --> 00:15:00,151 bones for structure, joints for fIexibility - 214 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:02,715 and muscles for MOVEMENT! 215 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:06,315 Well, he's certainly an improvement on the original - that's for sure. 216 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:09,119 Personally, Keesha, I think you"re jealous cause 217 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:12,317 I'm gonna win the bet. But that's okay... 218 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:14,914 ... because none of us'll ever have to do chores again 219 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:18,072 when I say 'Ralphiebot, clean the bus!' 220 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:20,755 Um, guys... I think he moved! 221 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:25,753 (CHEER...) 222 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:31,432 Hey! Where's he going?.! 223 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:37,271 Ralphie, do something! Stop him! 224 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:42,754 I COMMAND YOU!...STOP!!! STOP!!! 225 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:48,591 I knew I should've-- 226 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:49,908 Don't say it, Arnold! 227 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:56,950 MS FRlZZLE...LOOK OUT!!! 228 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:17,473 Oh my! A Ralphiebot! 229 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:22,157 Ms Frizzle, get out of the way! 230 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:43,159 Ms Frizzle!...Are you okay?.! 231 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:45,595 I'm better than okay, Ralphie! 232 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:51,036 I'm blown away by your ingenuity! Yeee-haw!!! 233 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:58,995 Sorry, Ms Frizzle. I... I didn't tell him to do it! 234 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:00,513 Yes, you did, Ralphie. 235 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:04,149 He heard you say you wanted him to CLEAN THE BUS! 236 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:12,874 HELP! 237 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:14,837 Me and my big mouth! 238 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:22,111 Ralphie do some thing...! 239 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:24,118 LlKE WHAT?.! 240 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:29,556 Take charge, my boy! 241 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:32,872 Show "im who's boss! 242 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:34,757 You're right, Mr. Humerus. 243 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:36,796 Ah, call me R. U. WHEE-HAW! 244 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:43,317 This is your Master speaking! COOL lT! 245 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:50,152 That's better. HEY! I said COOL lT! 246 00:17:55,280 --> 00:18:00,638 NO! I didn't mean SOAK the BUS... I meant STOP! 247 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:02,392 I don't think he's going to stop until he's finished. 248 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:03,754 Or we're finished! 249 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:10,871 Do something, Ralphie! 250 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:13,036 WHAT?????.! 251 00:18:13,120 --> 00:18:14,599 Get a grip, Ralphie! 252 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:17,472 I've GOT a grip! 253 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:21,594 Think! If your body needs joints and muscles to move... 254 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:26,595 Then...uh...RlGHT! WlTHOUT muscles - it couldn't move at all! 255 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:29,831 Ah, excellent observation, Ralphie. 256 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:32,115 But how do I get rid of the muscles?. 257 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:34,390 I'll help you, Ralphie! 258 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:43,719 Yo, Keesh! Thanks! 259 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:47,758 COME BACK HERE! 260 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:08,113 C'mon Keesha, 261 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:10,156 we've got to immobilize those muscles, 262 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:13,152 un-hinge those hinges and de-bone that robot 263 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:15,993 before it wipes out our entire class! 264 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:20,673 KEESHA, GET ME THAT SCREWDRlVER! 265 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:24,551 Bet's off, Ralphie. Do what you have to do! 266 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:27,510 You're okay, Keesha! 267 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:31,357 No joints... no movement! 268 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:34,913 No muscles... no movement! 269 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:40,113 I really wish I didn't have to do this but it's the only way. 270 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:50,711 Kinda hate to see the robot go like that. The kid did a good job. 271 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:52,752 Ah, that's my Ralphie. 272 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:56,549 No movement... No nothing! 273 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:00,916 You OK Ralphie?. 274 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:03,110 Looks like you stopped him alright! 275 00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:06,990 I take back what I said, Ralphie - 276 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:09,355 the robot wasn't such an improvement after all. 277 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:10,873 Tell me about it. 278 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:13,315 I took a chance - I got messy... 279 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:16,119 ...and what do I have to show for it?. 280 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:20,428 Don't feel bad, Ralphie. You didn't do anything wrong. 281 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:22,317 Yeah, you were on the right track. 282 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:25,836 And we DlD find out that bones and joints and muscles 283 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:29,196 are just as important for a robot as they are for us. 284 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:31,630 Maybe next time it'll work. 285 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:35,391 Hope so. Good help is always hard to find. 286 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:41,395 Why Liz...thanks. I'm touched. 287 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:45,919 So I guess it all goes to prove something, doesn't it, Ralphie?. 288 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:48,789 Yep... When you've got all the moves like I do - 289 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:50,632 it's pretty hard to make improvements! 290 00:20:59,360 --> 00:21:01,112 Unless you're a magic school bus, 291 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:01,837 that is. 292 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:08,116 There was nothing wrong with the shrinkerscope, 293 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:10,760 my little wingnut - and you knew it! 294 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:15,475 Looks like your other customer never showed up, R. U. 295 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:17,397 Oh yes, they did... 296 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:30,957 As I always say, 297 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:49,033 Is it the magic school bus?. 298 00:21:49,120 --> 00:21:50,189 Is it the magic school bus?. 299 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:51,156 The magic school bus?. 300 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:52,229 Is it the magic school bus?. 301 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:53,514 Is it the magic school bus?. 302 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:54,555 The magic school bus?. 303 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:56,949 The magic school bus?. 304 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:09,190 Well I'll tellya this, Liz - it's the first time Valerie... 305 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:12,829 Ms Frizzle, has paid my mechanic's fee in robots! 306 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:16,394 Get that, will"ya?. 307 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:23,669 Body Shop - where the best come to get better! 308 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:27,548 Hi! The Producer over at the Magic School Bus told me to talk to you. 309 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:30,154 I just watched the show on Body Mechanics and l think 310 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:33,835 you know a lot more about fixing things than you do about human bodies. 311 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:36,480 Is that so?.! For instance. 312 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:39,393 Well, for instance, there are a lot more bones and muscles 313 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:41,357 in the human body than you actually showed. 314 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:42,475 Of course there are. 315 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:46,155 And did YOU know there are 27 bones in the hand alone?. 316 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:49,437 ...And it takes 14 muscles to make a funny face! 317 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:53,035 That's pretty amazing. But what about ligaments and tendons?. 318 00:22:53,120 --> 00:22:54,838 You didn't even talk about them! 319 00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:58,151 You're right, kid, but we can't show everything in a half hour. 320 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:01,277 Ligaments are bands that hold the bones at your joints together - 321 00:23:01,360 --> 00:23:03,715 So they don't move too far in the wrong direction. 322 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:10,550 And tendons hook your muscles to your bones so you can hop and jump around. 323 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:13,798 People aren't the only things that work that way, you know. 324 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:17,555 Of course not! Cats, dogs, horses, snakes, fish... 325 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:21,519 ...even lizards need bones and joints and muscles to move. 326 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:26,276 But some animals, like insects, don't have bones at all. 327 00:23:26,360 --> 00:23:28,874 Instead, they have a stiff covering on the outside 328 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:32,077 which works with the muscles on the inside to let them move. 329 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:36,517 Come on, it takes more than bones, joints and muscles to build a real robot! 330 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:39,398 I mean, it would need a battery or an engine for energy - 331 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:41,630 and some sort of brain to control it. 332 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:44,518 Are you saying that the Ralphiebot is BRAlNLESS???.! 333 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:46,750 Well, yeah, I guess so. 334 00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:51,036 Well, all I can tell you is this - for not having a brain, 335 00:23:51,120 --> 00:23:52,917 he makes a pretty good sundae! 336 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:56,518 Thanks for checking in.